BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — (KBAK/FOX58) Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) users in Kern County have fallen victim to a skimmer scam, losing a staggering $2.5 million in taxpayer funds. The Kern ...

On this episode of Kern County In Depth, 17 News reporter Cecilia Treviño and Alex Fisher discuss her reporting on an ongoing multi-million dollar scam hitting EBT recipients in Kern County. Millions ...

The county refused to disclose the dollar amount these thefts resulted in and said it has no record of thefts before 2025.

Kern County prosecutors said in court this week that a Romanian gypsy church in Southern California is bailing out the recent string of EBT thieves in the county.

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The arrest resulted from a sting the Kern County District Attorney's Office was conducting in Delano with the California Department of Social Services EBT Fraud and Theft Detection Unit.

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